Nick Kyrgios withdraws from US Open and Laver Cup as injury problems persist, misses quartet of 2023 Grand Slams

Nick Kyrgios will miss the 2023 US Open, tournament organisers have confirmed.

The Australian has been forced to withdraw due to a wrist problem that also kept him out of Wimbledon in July, having finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic a year earlier.

He has also pulled out of the Laver Cup, which takes place in Vancouver in late September.

A knee injury prevented Kyrgios from playing in a home slam in Australia earlier this year, while a foot problem stopped him from competing at the French Open in May.

The 28-year-old will miss out on a fourth straight Grand Slam.

Without having played since June at the Stuttgart Open - his only match in 2023 - Kyrgios’ ranking has slipped to No. 92 in the world.

Kyrgios made the quarter-finals at the US Open last year and will now likely drop out of the top 400 in the rankings after the Grand Slam.

Kyrgios’ wrist injury has also kept him out of tournaments in Washington, Atlanta and Toronto, and he was unable to recover in time for the US Open in New York.

His Laver Cup withdrawal means Team World Captain John McEnroe now has all three Captains' Picks remaining.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz are confirmed to play on Team World at the event.

Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff became another US Open casualty when his withdrawal was confirmed.

Subsequently, Argentinian duo Facundo Diaz Acosta and Diego Schwartzman have moved into the main draw.

The US Open begins on Monday, August 28.

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